Posted by Underground Crafter on January 19, 2013 |
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Yesterday, Vogue Knitting Live 2013 opened in New York. If you’re in the New York area this weekend, you should stop by! Here’s a quick wrap up of some of what I’ve seen so far. Gallery The gallery exhibits were being set up in the morning, and I had a chance to photograph most of [...]
Tags: #vklive, adrian kershaw, alpaca, alyssa ettinger, amigurumi, anna hrachovec, block island, carol macdonald, chevron shell cowl, clear & simple knitting symbols, colorful stitches, cooperative press, crochet, danielle chalson, deb buckingham, dishcloth diva, edwina sutherland, fresh designs crochet, givin' me fever pom pom hat, japanese, jo hamilton, kinokuniya bookstore, knitting, knitty city, koigu, kollabora, lion brand yarn studio, long island livestock company, makewise designs, mochimochi land, north light fibers, pittsburgh knit and crochet festival, rhonda fargnoli, risd, shannon okey, stitch guide, upcycle, vogue knitting live
Posted by Underground Crafter on November 4, 2012 |
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Perhaps this post should be subtitled,”How the mighty have fallen.” After doing some supersonic stashbusting in September, I had an unusually high level of stash acquisition in October. My accomplishments I used about 1,020 yards of stash yarn for various projects, including a square and a hat for charity, three ripple projects made as samples for [...]
Tags: berroco, berroco ultra alpaca, blue sky alpacas, blue sky alpacas multi cotton, blue sky alpacas worsted cotton, destash, knitty city, north jersey fiber arts festival, nyc yarn crawl 2012, red heart super saver, revelations of a delusional knitter, ripple mania CAL, surmount the stash 2012, yarn haul
Posted by Underground Crafter on October 12, 2012 |
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I’m excited to be participating in another I Love Yarn Day on my blog! To celebrate, I’m sharing some charity projects and showing off some of my recent yarn acquisitions. Finished charity projects I’ve been working on some charity projects with stash yarn for the Hats 4 the Homeless drive at the Lion Brand Yarn Studio. [...]
Tags: 2012 holiday stashdown challenge, beanie, blogtoberfest 2012, bridge and beyond project, bruges crochet, charity, crochet, curly pops, downtown yarns, dream in color, dream in color everlasting sock, FO Friday, freshstitches, frugally sustainable, hats 4 the homeless, i love yarn day, i saw you dancing, ivy brambles, ivy brambles hand dyed merino roving, ivy brambles romantica merino lace, knitter's pride, knitty city, lion brand yarn studio, madelinetosh, madelinetosh tosh vintage, miss babs, miss babs yowza-whatta skein!, new york city yarn crawl, north jersey fiber arts festival, nyc yarn crawl 2012, ravelry stash feature, roving, studio donegal, studio donegal soft donegal, surmount the stash 2012, tami's amis, the yarn company, visit to the kantcentrum, yarn, yarn crawl, yarn monkey productions, yarn monkey productions supersaki
Posted by Underground Crafter on September 15, 2012 |
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Although I’ve been participating in Surmount the Stash all year and have been fairly good about avoiding new yarn purchases, the siren song of my favorite local yarn shop, Knitty City, began calling to me last night. The start of my yarn craving was receiving an email update about another local yarn shop that is closing [...]
Tags: 100 aran patterns, 1000 knitting patterns book, 23 day frugal living challenge, finger lakes fiber arts festival, frugally sustainable, japanese, knitting, knitting patterns 500, knitty city, retail therapy, stitch guide, stitch symbols, surmount the stash 2012, sweet georgia yarns, yarn haul
Posted by Underground Crafter on September 6, 2012 |
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As we move towards the fall in the U.S., more and more communities have been organizing yarn crawls, where shoppers can go from one local yarn shop to another on a designated series of days for a fun, yarny adventure. If you’ve been to a yarn crawl before, you may wonder who was working behind [...]
Tags: kate davies designs, knitting, knitting & howe llc, knitty city, mason dixon knitting, never not knitting, nyc yarn crawl, nyc yarn crawl 2012, nys sheep and wool festival, pearl chin, phyllis howe, purl bee, rhinebeck, yarn, yarn crawl
Posted by Underground Crafter on September 3, 2012 |
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This month seemed to go by in a blur with all that was happening at work and home, so I honestly have no idea how I did with stash this month! Let’s see… My accomplishments I made a Bruges lace scarf with a skein of super cool stash yarn. I made a bathroom rug with [...]
Tags: a swap a month, araucania, araucania ranco, beanie, bruges crochet, cascade 220 superwash, cascade yarns, destash, knitty city, ravellenic games, ravellenic games hat dash, ravellenic games holiday hurdles, ravellenic games home stuff hammerthrow, ravellenic games synchronized stash busting, surmount the stash 2012, yarn, yarn swap
Posted by Underground Crafter on August 5, 2012 |
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My first pair of knit socks seem to be drama queens. Not only did they demand to be restarted several times for various reasons, but then they broke this perfectly good bamboo needles after just one day of use. I bought these on Wednesday night after work because the small sized metal needles were really [...]
Tags: blanket, cascade 220 superwash, cascade yarns, come blog a long, crochet, graphic, knitting, knitty city, melissa morgan-oakes, socks, toe-up 2-at-a-time socks, year of projects, yop12-13
Posted by Underground Crafter on July 29, 2012 |
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This week I made progress towards two of my most challenging YOP goals. My sister and I were able to decide on a motif for my mom’s milestone birthday blanket. We both had a really hard time choosing a motif, so I made a hybrid. My hybrid pattern uses the center and final row from [...]
Tags: afghan #9, blanket, cascade 220 superwash, cascade yarns, circular needles, come blog a long, crochet, crown jewels, gauge, graphic, knitter's book of socks, knitting, knitty city, lys, malabrigo, malabrigo rios, melinda miller, melissa morgan-oakes, motifs, ravellenic games, ravellenic games sock put, sock knitter's handbook, toe-up 2-at-a-time socks, valerie vandergriff, year of projects, yop12-13
Posted by Underground Crafter on July 25, 2012 |
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My main focus this week has been preparing for the Ravellenic Games, which kick off on Friday during the opening ceremony for the London Olympics. My personal Herculean effort will be to knit my first pair of socks. I decided to use a pattern from Toe-Up 2-at-a-Time Socks by Melissa Morgan-Oakes. I’m far more comfortable [...]
Tags: 12forself2012, circular knitting, circular needles, clara parkes, dpns, h.g. wells, how to love your job or find a new one, joanna penn, kindle fire, knitty city, malabrigo, malabrigo rios, melissa morgan-oakes, ravellenic games, ravellenic games modular relay, ravellenic games sock put, reading, small things, socks, surmount the stash 2012, tami's amis, the country of the blind and other stories, the creative penn, the knitter's book of socks, toe-up 2-at-a-time socks, wip wednesday, wips, wipw, yarn along
Posted by Underground Crafter on July 17, 2012 |
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(Join along with me any time if you need a head start or moral support for your holiday crafting. You can read more details here.) Although I sometimes wish more of my real life (or “face to face”) friends and family read my blog, on days like today, I’m glad they don’t. I’m pretty excited about [...]
Tags: 2012 holiday stashdown challenge, a hat fit for a fella, arrakis, beanie, bluebonnet, bruges crochet, cables, cascade 220 superwash, cascade yarns, christy hall, circular knitting, circular needles, crochet, edie eckman, ellen gormley, galler yarns, harvest, hexagon, hirten-tweed, holiday crafting, knitting, knitty city, lala the panda, laura garsten, lion brand, lion brand wool ease thick and quick, madelinetosh, madelinetosh tosh sport, malabrigo, malabrigo rios, moda dea, moda dea tweedle dee, motif 35, motif 54, motifs, nude ewe ron, pineapple doily shawl, ribbing, shana kreikemeier, sparkling wave scarf, stacey trock, surmount the stash 2012, tatyana mirer, the nude ewe, vintage hexagon christmas stocking
